Wire-fence post



(No Model.)

E. BRISBIN.

WIRE FENCE POST.

No. 338,080. Patented Mar. 16, 1886. E

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

EUGENE BRISBIN, OF WESTON, OHIO.

WIRE-FENCE POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,030I dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed April 17, 1885. Serial No. 162,707.

.To all whom zt may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE BRrsBIN, of Weston, in the county of IVood and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Vire-Fence Post, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of myinvention is to provide a new and improved post for wire fences, which post is light, strong, and durable.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the gures.

Figure lis a side view of my improved wirefence post. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the base.

The flat base A, made of steel or malleable iron, is provided with a central aperture, B, for receiving a tenon on the lower end of a at upright or post, C, made of steel or malleable iron, and having its sides parallel with the side edges of the base. In each end ofthe base A one or two apertures, D, are formed. The post or upright Chas a series of inwardly and downwardly inclined slits, E, in one edge, and vertical slots F at, the inner ends of the said slits E. At the middle of the post two apertures, G, are provided, one= above the other, and serve to receive the upper bent ends (No model.)

of the braceArods H, which are bent directly above the base and have their lower ends passed through apertures D. They have spurs J 011 their ends, which spurs are forced into the ground and hold the base and prevent slipping` Thefence-wiresareslippedthrough the slits E into the slots F.

l am aware that fence-posts have been provided with inclined slits on their edges eX- tending to apertures in the posts.

I am also aware that posts have been braced by inclined braces extending from the baseplate to the posts; and I am further aware that inclined braee-wires have been extended below the base-plate and provided with anchors, and I therefore do not clai'rn such inven- EUGENE BRISBIN.

Titnessesz ABNER G. WOOD, CHAs. U. SPANGLER. 

